Bourne (British assessor), Me.
Kingsmill sued a native for the non: payment of $90 due for rent. The defendant was ordered to be detained in custody until the amount was paid. Mr. J. Jones on behalf of the International manufacturing Ca, Limited, sued Meng Ken-vii for breach of contract i delivering certain agreed to deliver in a specified time, The matter, however, was adjourned for furtly consideration.—On Thursd: before Mr. Cheng Barchet (American assessor), his cage of Mr. W. S. Emens of the American Trading Compiny versus Woo Vu-chee was brough? up on remand from the 7th inst, The plaintiff sought to recover the sum of Tls. 700 paid to defendant as bargain money for the purchase of certain land. Mr. Browett on helalf of the plaintiff stated that lay in the delivery of the title deeds, Dr. Ivy, for whom the se was tended, had i Vu-chee that he' w provided refunded. This being satisfactory to Woo he promised to repay the money which promise, however, had not been kept, although se applications had been made for payment. Judgment was given the plaintiff for Ths. 200 to be paid hin two wees and the balance to he paid by instalments of Tis 30 a month—Kivai Yah-sai was charged with el the sum of Ts. 60 from complainant on the Lth inst. under threats of publishing the TMupuo correspondence was charged articles of silk clothing: and a cloak Road on the 18th of Octobe was sentenced to two months' imprison:—On Friday morning before Mr. U. Cheng (magistrate) and Me. S. P.M (British assessor), a cuck who kas in the employ of the Consulate twenty xi with tampering with placed ina" spare room for examinnt Mr, Macdonald having his suspicion aroused went into the room and found the contents of. the box strewn over the floor. Prisoner sentenced tv a month's imprison-=Kow Ah-pau, " watchman inthe employ of the Shanghai Eng Works, with another watchman and two coylies, was brouzit up for stealing 80 Ths. of brass castings, value $40, from a warehouse hel the firm, He to was further chotged, being the watehman and having the stuff under his for so fac weting his duty we all the rial to be Evidence _w: showing that the stings had been removed i the ordin mer, and that a hole, ingress, lal been made order to div given 200 blows month's the others were dismissed.—Me. Jas, Jones, Manager of the International rly in December last for 3,300 piculs of send cuttun at $6.10 ul, and that defendant at that time A sudden rise 12; 1,270 piculs a al £2,050 ion of 1 oUt at elapsed and being forthes sesser, on We pany. Six weeks roof the Defendant offered to of market prices or de th of which Mr. ence ginned cotton that he was merely was impossible t call of which statements were known to' be false. It was proved that defendant was in partnership with four others, said concern being a recognised cotton hong. Mr. Jones asserted that 50 per cent of last year's cotton was still unsold, and that de-Fendant wanted to delay the transition hoping the cotton would get cheaper. It appeara that the seed cotton had been as high as $7.60 per picul and now stood, at $6.7 and. that defendant had been purposely neglecting his contract in favour of other markets, and had offered the plaintiff Vis, 4,000 to withdraw. A previous case had been settled on " Monday morning ami the cotton delivered on the Wednesday anti Thursday follo Mr. Mayers here insisted on prompt action, and defend-was ordered to deliver the cotton 1 three days, failing which, he was to ho locoed up vagrant. issued for the arrest of his guarantor,—On Saturday morning before Mr. U.K. Cheng (inagistrate) and De. Betz (German assessor), A native contractor was fined $10 for ste er from the Waterworks' hydrant on the Woochang Road.—A Chinese constable got 2) lows, " month's cangue, nd_three months' imprisonment for une lawfully receiving and misappropriating the sum of 30 cents (nuisance fine).—Foung Lee-ching and Szee Soong-yeh, two unemployed hut well-dressed men, were brought up for being concerned together in obtaining feom the shop at No 43, Hankow Road, 46 yards of silk, value $97, also getting, by means of forged bank onders, two pearl head ornaments, value $370, from astare at 287, Slunsi Road. A sentence of 200 blows and a yenr's imprisonment was awarded them,
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